Former One Direction member Zayn Malik’s new solo album has been highly anticipated by his fans, new fans, and even people who are curious to see what music he creates by himself for the first time. Almost two weeks ago, he released Mind Of Mine on the one year anniversary of his departure from One Direction, on March 25, 2015. Aside from this interesting coincidence, the album hit number one on the charts almost instantly. Malik even became the first person having hits in the Hot 100-chart when in a boy band, and then have a number one hit as a soloist since George Harrison from the Beatles. He does have many other accomplishments, which can be found at this link, along with another critique on hisalbum.
In interviews, Malik says that his album is inspired by the women in his life. If you listen to just one song on Mind Of Mine, that largely appears to be the case. Each song on this record sounds different from the others, yet every track flows together nicely. The first track titled “MiNd Of MiNdd (Intro)” is exactly 57 seconds of impressive vocals and soothing instruments. After listening to this, if you think you know what this album’s whole sound will be like, you're most likely wrong. The next track “PILLOWTALK,” which reached number one on the charts the day it debuted, is very different. Mainly an R&B track, it gives the album an awakening start. Each track is so different and has a unique feel to it, yet they are all brought together brilliantly by Zayn Malik’s amazing vocals. Not knowing much about the technical terms about vocalization myself, I know that Malik’s talent is astounding. He hits unbelievable notes on his second single off of his album titled “iT’s YoU” repeatedly throughout the song. Other songs like “sHe,” “BeFoUR,” and “fOoL fOr YoU” also show his incredible talent. He is on the list of A-level vocalists, after all.
What is so special about this album is not only the songs Zayn has created, but his voice. The smokiness and texture of his voice blends all of his tracks so well, triumphantly bringing the whole album together. This proves to be most evident in the seventh track, “INTERMISSION: fLoWer.” In this unique and short song, Malik entrances the listener with his smooth voice and the words he sings. This song is the only one on the album that is in a different language, that being Urdu. Being of English and Pakistani decent, it shows how proud he is of his origin when he put that language on his very first album. He lets his personality be shown as well by the way he capitalized random letters in the track titles and the occasional cuss word. He does have trouble with enunciation, but that’s just something he will have to work on.
All in all, Malik should be proud of what he’s created, keeping in mind this is his first record of his own. He shows immense talent and a love for his career. His voice blending all of the tracks together gracefully and effortlessly, Malik has a great future ahead of him.
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